Open Floor Plan Color Flow HELP!
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Help... Paint Color - Open Floor Plan!
Comments (7)Hi Carambula--I had the EXACT same problem and went absolutely nuts choosing a paint color. I have a very open floor plan, a caramel leather couch, mahogany cabinets. Everything I put on the wall looked pink or grey or really yellow (and I tried a lot of samples!). In desperation I tried a color I saw in a magazine and it worked! So try Kelly-Moore Swiss Cream. Not too dark, stays warm, not grey and stays on the right side of pink. I don't have any pictures yet, but can try to take one this weekend if you are interested, since I've finally unpacked my camera from the boxes!...See MoreHelp with paint colors for an open floor plan.
Comments (5)Take a look at this design seeds thread and scroll down to August 24, 2013. I created an example of how you can play with a color palette to get the rooms to all coordinate while each being their own identity. Perhaps this will help you see how it can all work. Then you'd need to look for an overall inspiration for the color palette and the select the specific colors you want to predominate in each room....See MoreColor flow in open floor plan house
Comments (7)I actually don’t mind how looks now, but that might be the lighting/image not translating. What if you painted it the yellow in a flat/semigloss with a geometric patterns stenciled with a high gloss. It’s be subtle but enough a difference to define the space. For example:...See MoreHELP: Open floor plan paint color?
Comments (24)It isn't you, pink undertones can be really difficult. It looks to me as though you have subtle pink undertones in the carpets and window treatments, which is why the Winds Breath is working and why the Sail Cloth looked too yellow. But your kitchen floors are much more pink than your other more neutral neutrals. Here are some colors I selected to compare to your kitchen along with several colors you have already looked at. The dollops below are wheatberry, Sandlot and Kitten Whiskers. This is winds breath over wheatberry. These muddier neutrals will look like mud on your walls next to the very pink taupe flooring. I know this because I lived this. I had pink undertones in my home 25 years ago when builders beige and white was all the rage and every beige I tried turned to mud. I had pink tile throughout the house, so I was able to pick a violet taupe and it worked. It was much darker than the colors you are looking for (at that time most people used darker colors - now everyone is going white or off white). I had poor experiences with color consults from interior designers. It seems they pick the same top 10 colors for everyone - whatever is trending is the perfect color for your home, regardless of the other colors that are already there. You may want to consider using two different color. I wouldn't try to mix two light neutrals. You could do a simple clean white everywhere or do a light neutral everywhere except the kitchen area and choose a blue gray or green gray or possibly a violet gray. Rule is the cool color has to be darker than the warm flooring color. I have tested it and found it to be true in my tests. (There are always exceptions to every rule). I would test something like SW Evergreen Fog. Sorry - don't have BM color that is close enough, but your BM store can usually color match greens pretty well. I would test SW Arcadia White - sorry no BM match (No BM cannot color match a white for you - whites are always off if you mix brands) and I would test a color that BM can mix for you as a custom mix called Devine Color Icing. It is in their computer system and is my absolute hands down favorite white. (SW can't get Icing right). I have never been a fan of White Dove - never feels really clean to me, too much green - but many others love it. Hope this helped....See MoreReina Marvel
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